Dominion Mixed Martial Arts Academy was recently approved to be the first Marcello Monteiro Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy in San Antonio, Texas and South Texas.

Dominion Mixed Martial Arts Academy

PRLog - Nov. 13, 2012 - SAN ANTONIO -- Dominion Mixed Martial Arts Academy was recently approved to be the first Marcello Monteiro Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy in San Antonio, Texas and South Texas. According to Mr. Rodriguez, Head Instructor at Dominion Mixed Martial Arts Academy, “ we are proud to be the 1st South Texas Marcello C. Monteiro Brazilian Association Jiu Jitsu school. Professor Marcello Monteiro is well known in Brazil as a teacher and coach for creating fighting strategies, teaching the most important tricks and details that speed up the learning process and facilitate the performance of each movement used by fighters. This will give our school the competitive edge in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu that we have been looking for and this is what we have always strived for to give our students the best training possible.”

Professor Monteiro or “Monteirão”, as he is known among his friends, likes to state that, ” the difference between a champion and other athletes is associated with the details of each position”.

Professor Monteiro is the an author of the first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu book ( Secret Positions ) , edited by Gracie Magazine, which teaches jiu-jitsu positions without gi. That magazine sold the Secret Positions No Gi Book (at the Gracie Shop) in Brazil for approximately five year from 1998-2003. He also took part in a film about De La Riva ‘s life and his created position, the De La Riva’s Hook, demonstrating some positions with De La Riva himself. He also participates in the film, along with Rickson Gracie, Carlson Gracie, Royler Gracie, Renzo Gracie, Zé Mário Sperry, Murilo Bustamante and Rodrigo Nogueira (MINOTAURO), telling about De La Riva’s life. That book is also currently being sold in Japan.

He is a certified and graduated technical teacher, registered at the “Federação de jiu-jitsu do estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil “, and has already prepared, trained and turned regular students into state, National and world champions.